The Phoenix-Pattern Jade Pendant was suddenly triggered, leaving me both startled and delighted.
Xiao Yu had said that there should now be around twenty-seven fragments of the Nine Luminaries Crystal remaining.
As long as we gathered every crystal fragment, the sealing power of the Nine Luminaries Crystal would reach its peak.
At that time, its suppression of the Great Fiend would become even stronger.
Once the time was right and my cultivation was high enough,
I could enter the Ghost Cave Abyss, kill every evil entity inside, and raze the Nine Corpse Tower.
The Great Fiend's destruction would be just around the corner.
Xiao Yu would gain true freedom then as well.
Thinking of this, I grew excited.
I began inspecting the surroundings...
After hearing me, Zhang Yuchen and Pan Ling both became alert.
"There's a crystal here?"
"Is there another crystal evil entity? Pan Ling, hurry and see where it is."
"..."
I scanned the area and touched the Phoenix-Pattern Jade Pendant on my chest.
The pendant's reaction was not intense. It could even be called rather faint.
In other words, the crystal was probably quite far away.
So I said,
"The crystal isn't here. It should be some distance away."
As I spoke, I began sensing in every direction. In the end, I found that the pendant reacted more strongly toward the southwest.
So I said,
"This way, southwest!"
With that, I walked out of Old Factory Building No. 47.
Zhang Yuchen and Pan Ling followed close behind.
The farther southwest we went, the stronger the reaction became...
That direction led toward a spot near the hill behind the factory buildings.
This place had long since become desolate. Other than weeds and shrubs, there was nothing, making it inconvenient for us to move forward.
But it did not